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Topic: cover crops

Weed control for 2024

ENSURE THE BEST OUTCOMES NEXT YEAR

September 2023 - EVERY FALL, ALONG with combining, grain storage, and other harvest tasks, weed control for the coming season should be top of mind. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW• Group 14-resistant common ragweed has been identified in…
Nitrogen management research

NEW PROJECTS OFFER MORE INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE

February 2023 - EXCITING PROGRESS HAS already been achieved with four new nitrogen-focused research projects supported, in part, by Grain Farmers of Ontario. All projects started in 2022, and the teams in the first three projects are based…
Improved corn establishment

THE ROLE OF HERBICIDES AND COVER CROPS

February 2022 - COVER CROPS PLAY an important role in building soil quality and productivity on Ontario farms. Yet, even though their benefits are widely known, skepticism still exists. Farmers worry about the cost of implementation and that…
Cover Crops in Ontario

February 2022 - THE ONTARIO COVER Crop Steering Committee recently set out to learn more about how and why Ontario farmers are using cover crops in their fields. The 2020 Ontario Cover Crop Feedback Report was developed with…
Long-term cover crop research

NEW YIELD FINDINGS

April 2021 - DR. LAURA VAN EERD, professor of sustainable soil management at the University of Guelph, is managing two state-of-the-art long term cover crop research trials at the Ridgetown Campus. Established in 2007 and 2008, these trials…
Cover crops

AGRONOMY BASICS FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT

March 2021 - WHEN SOIL MANAGEMENT specialist Anne Verhallen thinks of agronomy, she thinks of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ (OMAFRA’s) Agronomy Guide for Field Crops. It’s a comprehensive resource with specific seeding, tillage,…
Legume cover crops

HAIRY VETCH SHOWS PROMISE

February 2021 - A LEGUME THAT has had a bad reputation as a weed for decades may make the best cover crop, according to research conducted at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Harrow Research and Development Centre. “Hairy vetch…
A collaborative effort

RESEARCHING WATER’S FLOW

December 2020 - FARMERS UNDERSTAND THE integral role water plays in farming; but the impact our farming practices have on water — the water cycle and water flow — still isn’t fully understood. Dr. Genevieve Ali, an associate…
Innovative cover crop approaches

BIO STRIP-TILL RESEARCH A FIRST IN ONTARIO

February 2020 - THE BENEFITS OFcover crops are widely known — keeping the soil covered to minimize soil erosion, improve water filtration and increase organic matter are just a few of the reasons that farmers will use cover…
Making cover crops economical

USING DRONES AND AI TECHNOLOGY

February 2020 - ACCURATELY MEASURING THE nitrogen credit left over after a red clover cover crop has been a challenge for many farmers — until now. Jordan Sinclair, data scientist with Veritas Farm Management, is diving into research…